More Hints At Verizons Push To Talk Services Found

Yesterday, Boy Genius dropped some whispers hinting that the long awaited OS 5.0 update for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 was coming in the next 2-3 weeks and that it was also bringing a new Push To Talk feature. As it turns out, the files needed for that new data plan using push to talk features has been turning up in the past two OS leaks for Tour owners. And from info gathered in the forums, Verizon is seemingly not really trying hard to hide it from end users either.

As posted in the forums, some skilfull folks have found through the Verizon wap website you can actually find and attempt to add the services to your Verizon account. While at this point, the files and the addition to your account doesn't mean you can get it to work. It certainly puts weight behind the timelines given for push to talk and the rumored 9650 release.

Possibly. But, I prefer to blame it on Verizon just being Verizon. They're known for causing delay after to delay for stuff they just well, want to delay.

As for folks wanting Push to talk. I don't think it's very high on most peoples agenda. If that was a priority for folks they'd be on Sprint already. Look what AT&T did with their Push to talk...umm, nothing.

Does anyone with PTT already even use it? Just curious, everyone I know re-assign that left convenience key as soon as the new BB is powered up! ( Yes...I'm with AT&T! Here in the mid-atlantic the service is good enough to keep!) I feel like this is a waste of funds that could be used elsewhere...

PTT is a good idea for someone in my type of business....construction sales and industry. I know when I was out in the construction field, I had Nextel and it came in very handy contacting our salesmen. Now that I'm on the sales side and I have construction customers...PTT would be a handy thing to have. As for an above comment..I don't think a merger between Sprint/Nextel and VZW is likely but it would be awesome for the PTT aspect.

Isn't that the d@mn truth...there isn't much left of it at this moment. And yes the 9630 is capable of PTT *IF* the files from the OS are there. The Tour 2/Bold/Essex/Whatever is suppose to be PTT capable too.

i remember seeing a sprint specific bberry curve with ptt ability awhile back (http://crackberry.com/iden-blackberry-8350-details). oh and as a recent graduate from the construction engineering program at osu, if you know of any companies willing to hire let me know. it would be a lot of help, thanks

PTT might appeal to some users, especially construction workers, perhaps law enforcement or EMS, but I don't think it will appeal to the average Joe. Two big reasons...the other person you PTT to will have to have the service. Also, the Verizon PTT will not cross networks to PTT to, say, a Sprint PTT user. Just my personal opinion, but I say Verizon already nickel and dimes us enough.

If Verizon is adding PTT, it sounds like it just needs a software change and that all the BB would be able to use it. Seems like a fair assumption. For $5 I might consider it for my wife and I. Who knows. Nextel seemed cool back in the day, but it's network really sucked, and I'm not a fan of Sprint either. When VZW first introduced PTT I thought all phones would get it, but instead it was just a few and a big price difference on your plan. I welcome the addition of PTT. Even if I don't get it, I like having options available to me. I know a lot of people who would use it.

PTT is pretty lame.. our company switched to AT&T (from Nextel) and went with PTT... I hate it... and I actually dont know when the last time I actually used it.. it's that bad...lag time,, annoying beeps, announcements..

Today just for the hell of it i went under verizonwireless.com and under the search engine i typed "blackberry tour 9630 ptt" and it pulls up technical support on how to edit permission on your ptt contacts. Its obviously OS 5.0 because once images show to go under your options and applications its way different that whats on OS 4.7 does. Just thought id put that out there for people. I'm looking forward to it but i wish it would cross over to nextel/ sprint ptt service but its a start and hopefully they will release the official OS 5.0 for VZW SOON!!

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